(Bloomberg) – Indonesia said it received a renewed investment of up to 1 billion dollars from Apple Inc., in the tech giant’s bid to lift a ban on the sale of iPhone 16 devices in Southeast Asia’s largest economy. More Reading from Bloomberg The Indonesian government and Apple have settled on the amount as the … Read more
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Workers pushing for a ban on smoking in Atlantic City casinos say a major labor union has been defeated by tobacco companies seeking an alliance in the fight against the smoking ban. The head of an anti-smoking organization on Monday called on Atlantic City casino union president Donna DeCaprio to … Read more
Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly and ironically argued that the government can control the climate based on conspiracy theories. And now a bill has been introduced in the Florida state senate to ban “weather modification activities.” This legislation was introduced last month by state Senator Ileana Garcia, Newsweek reported. The bill states … Read more
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) – The Roman Catholic Church called on El Salvador’s president Sunday not to lift the country’s ban on gold mining. Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas asked President Nayib Bukele not to restore the ban that has been in place since 2017. “It will damage this country forever,” Msgr. Escobar Nhamo … Read more